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NASB | Deuteronomy 32:4 "The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 32:4 "The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice), Just and upright is He. |
Bible Question:
Dear CDBJ, Thank you very much for your response. I do believe in the greatness of my creator. His majesty is awesomely displayed here on earth as well as what we can see in the heavens. I love God and I know deep down inside He would not create simply to one day torture that which He created. Think about it. The bible says that all who do not accept Jesus will be thrown into the lake of fire to burn forever. Where is there justice in being punished the rest of eternity for commiting one lifetime of sin? Where is there love or mercy in the unending torture of the creatures God created with His own hands? If you believe that human beings have a choice in what sex they will be born as, how tall they will be, what color hair they will have or even what level of learning disabilities they will end with, then read Exodus 4:11. God makes the mouth, the deaf, the mute, the seeing and the blind. He is the one and only who gives each of us our own level of intellignece and the power to choose right or wrong. God is perfect and omnipotent and it is impossible for Him to conjure up such a scheme of so-called wrath. Thank you for your time. I look forward to your answers. Pukalanian |
Bible Answer: I beg to differ from your opinion about the lake of fire. God is great and greatly to be praised, but He is also a just God, the Almighty Judge, and a jealous God. God gives us an opprtunity to accept salvation. It is not your sin that sends you to hell, only. It is a person's disregard of the gift of salvation that sends us to hell. When Jesus taught, some people accepted and believed while others didn't. Some people changed while others mocked. But in the end, the only way is Christ. Jesus speaks himself in Revelations 21 that all who did not believe, idol worshippers, etc. are doomed to spend eternity in the lake of fire. That's not torture, that's justice. For example, if a group of people decided to rob a bank and you are a part of that group, you then made a choice. If you decided not to, then you made another choice. Now say, you are called to court for the crime. Because you decided to choose differently, you won't suffer what the others suffer. But what if everyone had to suffer for the mistakes of others? Would that be true justice? God forbid. Therefore, God chose to allow one to suffer, Jesus. Now, all who doesn't accept the mercy of God by giving up His Son, Jesus, to die for us, should suffer eternal damnation. Sounds like justice to me. It's not about who goes to hell, but are we preparing ourselves for heaven? My thought is I want every one of God's people to go to heaven. |